My mother had Alhimerizer’s. It destroyed her life. She went from a bank manager, world traveler, meticulous house keeper, and a great cook to not knowing her own name. The scary part for me is I’ve got her genes. Whenever a “Senior Moment” comes along, there’s that little fear that this is how it starts, before the joyful “Aha” of remembering.
I have a knack for faces. Drives my wife nuts. I’ll say something like “Know who that guy is? He was the villain in Hell on Wheels. You know, the tall guy?” She usually says, “I don’t remember.” or “No, he’s not.” if there is an age difference in the or makeup difference. If I’m wrong, that will come to me too. She doesn’t keep up with stuff like that. She can watch a movie and a month later forget the plot.
Ah, if I had a dollar for every time that’s happened to me! Except the person I was conversing with earlier in the day usually isn’t there for me to tell. A friend recently joked that she’d call me the next morning at 3:00 A.M. to tell me the name when she woke up and remembered it. I said, “Please don’t”, and we both laughed. :)
I for one am grateful for ALEXA in this case. I don’t always get the right answer if I don’t word the question properly but if it’s about a movie or whatever she usually has the answer. My head is left free to worry about other crap in the middle of the night :-)
Everything we’ve learned is still stored in our brain. Sometimes it takes a while to retrieve it, but it is in there. My brain usually finds the information in about an hour. Good brain!
At least you can google an actor (assuming you can think of the name of one of their movies). When you forget the name of a friend or acquaintance . . . oh, boy.
Dirty Dragon over 5 years ago
(It was actually Ralph Fiennes.)
SpacedInvader Premium Member over 5 years ago
Man I hate when that happens. If I don’t write it down, I’ll forget what it was I remembered when I wake up.
pschearer Premium Member over 5 years ago
Part of the human experience.
alasko over 5 years ago
Warren Beatty! I always forget Shirley MacLaine’s brother’s name.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 5 years ago
Sonny Tufts!
Anathema Premium Member over 5 years ago
I guess senior moments get us all at a certain age.
Ratbrat over 5 years ago
Este Scufoffer (sp)
Charlie Cook over 5 years ago
That is SO me!!
jarvisloop over 5 years ago
In my psych classes way back in the Dork Ages (deliberate metaplasmus), that was called “The Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon.”
Fortunately, it definitely affected my young students, too, not just us Boomers and our parents.
James Wolfenstein over 5 years ago
The only good reason to remember Liam Neeson is to avoid movies where he’s in…
Cincoflex over 5 years ago
I have done this myself!
Da'Dad over 5 years ago
My mother had Alhimerizer’s. It destroyed her life. She went from a bank manager, world traveler, meticulous house keeper, and a great cook to not knowing her own name. The scary part for me is I’ve got her genes. Whenever a “Senior Moment” comes along, there’s that little fear that this is how it starts, before the joyful “Aha” of remembering.
Mumblix Premium Member over 5 years ago
There’s always imdb.com for these sorts of movie/TV questions.
Ken Norris Premium Member over 5 years ago
I have IMDB on speed-dial
Tyge over 5 years ago
I usually get it faster than that. :o)
mourdac Premium Member over 5 years ago
Been there but I don’t wake my spouse in the middle of the night when ‘Eureka’ strikes.
Tyge over 5 years ago
I usually get it faster than that. :o)
Tyge over 5 years ago
I have a knack for faces. Drives my wife nuts. I’ll say something like “Know who that guy is? He was the villain in Hell on Wheels. You know, the tall guy?” She usually says, “I don’t remember.” or “No, he’s not.” if there is an age difference in the or makeup difference. If I’m wrong, that will come to me too. She doesn’t keep up with stuff like that. She can watch a movie and a month later forget the plot.
That drives me a little crazy, too. ;o)
belgarathmth over 5 years ago
Ah, if I had a dollar for every time that’s happened to me! Except the person I was conversing with earlier in the day usually isn’t there for me to tell. A friend recently joked that she’d call me the next morning at 3:00 A.M. to tell me the name when she woke up and remembered it. I said, “Please don’t”, and we both laughed. :)
DCBakerEsq over 5 years ago
Yeah, but what was his character’s name? Obi something, right?
eladee AKA Wally over 5 years ago
This is so ME! Happens all the time.
BJIllistrated Premium Member over 5 years ago
I for one am grateful for ALEXA in this case. I don’t always get the right answer if I don’t word the question properly but if it’s about a movie or whatever she usually has the answer. My head is left free to worry about other crap in the middle of the night :-)
cuzinron47 over 5 years ago
My usual time for revelations is 2 in the morning.
Back to Big Mike over 5 years ago
PLEASE. Keep your cameras out of our house. (BYW, it was Fred Gwynne)
locake over 5 years ago
Everything we’ve learned is still stored in our brain. Sometimes it takes a while to retrieve it, but it is in there. My brain usually finds the information in about an hour. Good brain!
Scoutmaster77 over 5 years ago
Sometimes that’s how my brain works.
annqueue over 5 years ago
So was there an earlier strip where he couldn’t remember and this is the follow up?
gnome over 5 years ago
… and then to Kevin Bacon…
cabalonrye over 5 years ago
No jury would convict her if she hit him in the face with a pillow.
whenlifewassimpler over 5 years ago
Oh I hate when that happens and the name of a movie too.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 5 years ago
Sharing brings togetherness.
She is tempted to bring her hands together around his throat.
Snolep over 5 years ago
At least you can google an actor (assuming you can think of the name of one of their movies). When you forget the name of a friend or acquaintance . . . oh, boy.
bigdad1211 2 months ago
Thank goodness for Google because this happens to me in the middle of the night and I have to get the answer! LOL